Filling-end holder and cutter for looms



Sept 1, 1925. 1,552,034

C. D. BRYO'WN FILLING END HOLDER AND CUTTER FOR LOOMS Filed Feb. 9. 1925 Muunmllllvllluulmm|rhmmlmlmlmmm" A imm-n- 2Q \nvenTor.

`Curl D. Brown zine, and is locked in position by a set screwk 15. This stud is preferably provided at its outer end with a radially projecting disklike head 16,

The annular or preferably cup-shaped cutter holder is mounted on the outer end of the stud,preferably against the outer face of the head 16 and preferably concentric with the stud. In the construction illustrated, this cutter holder 17 has an inwardly projecting hub 18 seating in an axial socket in the outer end of the stud and is held in place by a bolt 19 extending through the cutter holder and the stud. Recesses 20 are formed in the outer edge of the cutter holder, preferably at regular intervals. In the construction illustrated, where the cutter holder Vis shown as cup-shaped, the rim isfinturned at 21 and* the slots 2O extend throughv the rim. VSuitable cutting means are providedexposing a cutting edge at each of the slots. For. this purpose there is preferably Aprovided an vannular'cutter blade 22 Aheld by the cutter holder and fitting against Vthe inside of the-g holder between the inturned rim 21 and the .base 23 ofthe holder.

This annular. cutter blade is preferably formed of a normally flat strip of steel `sharpened at one, and preferably atV both,

' edges and is maintained in its annular form kby Vbeing sprung into position against lthe interior cylindrical surface l of the-cutter holderv with its edges preferably abutting at24. 'The annular cutterblade is rotarily Y shiftable in the 'holder'. so as to bringV a fresh cutting edge opposite-the-slots or recesses insthe holder, and when :it is sharpened at both edges,xis also. reversiblein the holder for Athe same purpose. Y

Itywill thus be seen-that a filling end extending from any ypoint of anchorage on the .stud may :readily be brought by lthe operative preferably over the'peripheral edge of the stud head 16 into .contact with the cutter blade at one of the recesses or slots in thecutter holder and thusl severed. The

Yinturned rim 21 obviates any danger of in- Vjuryfto the, fingersk .of the operative because it prevents the fingers from coming into V'contact with the sharp edge ofthe cutter blade.,

)The operation of the device now apparent. When the operative inserts' a vfillingcarrier such as 9 into the maga-zine, the end 12 extending therefrom is carried over the bell-shaped head 10, wrapped a few times about the stud, then carried over the stud head 16 and pressed kagainst the cutter blade in one of the slots or recesses. The position of the cutting device makes this a simple and natural operation, so that it is just as easy, if not easier, for the operative to sever the end as is to continue the -winding unnecessarily upon the endholding stud. y

The device is readily adapted to existing automatic filling replenishing looms. The provision for the rotary shiftingv of the cutterv blade with respect to the slots or recesses in the holder and the preferable reversibility of the cutterblade insure a very long life to the cutter blade'. Furthermore, it isa very simple matter to spring the cutter blade out of the holder and substitute a new one therefor.

Having thus described the. invention,

what is claimed as new, and desired to' be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A rotary filling carrier magazine having an axially projecting stud around which the filling ends extending from the filling carriers are wrappedy to anchorthem, an annular holder having recesses in its outer edge and concentrically mounted on thei outer end vof the-stud, and cutting. means mounted in said holder! and {')resentinga cutting edge exposed in the recesses so that a filling endextending from anyfpoint of anchorage on 'the stud may readily be pressed'against' the exposed Vcutting edge and severed. v

2. A rotary filling'carr'ier magazine having an axially projecting stud around'which'y the filling ends extendingfrom the filling carriers are wrapped .to anchor them, l a

cupshaped cutterholder mounted `concen- Vtrically-on the outer end ofthel stud and having its rim inturned and slotted'at in? tervals, and an annular cutting blade fitting against the inside'of the holder between. its' base and inturned rim and exposing asharp` edge ateeach Slot, whereby-.a filling end ex- Ytending from any point of anchorage' on the studmay readily be pressed against the cutting edge in one of the slots' and severed thereby. f A

3. A rotary fillingcarrier magazine [having-the construction defined in claim2, inV which the annular :blade is .normally al flat strip and` is maintained .in said annular form by thecutter holder.

4. A rotaryfilling carrier magazine havingl the constructiondefined lin yclaim 2, in which the annular blade is rotarily shiftable in thecutter holder to expose fresh vportions of the cuttingv vedge through the slots.

5. A rotary filling carrier magazine having the constructiondefined in claim 2, in l Which the annular blade is sharpened onv both edges,` is reversible to present either edge at the slots of the cutter holder and is rotarilyl shiftable in the holder to expose fresh portions of either cutting edge at the said slots.

6. A rotary filling carrier maga-Zine having an axially projecting stud aro-und which the filling ends extending from the filling carriers are Wrapped t0 anchor them, a radially projecting head on the stud, an annular out-ter holder slotted at intervals in Vmeans mounted in the cutter holder and exposing a sharp edge at each slot, whereby a lillingend extending from any point of anchorage on the stud may be brought over the A edge of the stud head and pressed into a slot of the cutter holder against the cutting edge and thus readily severed.

Intestiinony whereof, I have signed my naine to thisY specification.

CARL D. BROWN. 

